Glass box or case.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. F. L. 0. WADSWORTH.

GLASS BOX OR CASE APPLICATION FILED JUNE17, 1905. RENEWED AUG. 15, 1907.

WITH E8558 I mvnrron glass,

FRANK L. O. WADSWORTH, OF MORGANTOWN,

PLATE GLASS COMPANY,

WEST VIRGINIA,

on NEW YORK, n. Y.,

ASSIGNOR TO PRESSED FRISM A CORPORATIQN OF WEST VIRGINIA.

GLASS BOX OR CAEBE.

Application filed To a-Zlwhom it may concern:

Be it known that T, FRANK L. O. Wanewonrn, of Mor antown, Monongalia county, West Virginia, ave invented a new and use- 5 ful Glass Box or Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a refrig erator, partly broken away; Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view of the glass lining; and Fig. 3 is a modified construction.

In the manufacture of boxes such as glass-lined refrigerators,

to provide gaps between the edges of the adjacent glass plates'for the purpose of attaching the she f-brackets to the framework. This is objectionable because among other things it breaks the continuity of the glass linin and detracts from the sanitary value of t e device. This difficulty is obviated by my invention which enables me to form a refrigerator glass slabs or plates which can to ether without anyintermediate gap and wil still support the shelves, and furthermore to provide a glass-lining having close corner-joints without substantial crevices. It enables me also to provide as many shelfsupports as can be utilized, so that the shelves can be shifted and. placed in any position desired. Refrigerators made in accordance with my invention are therefore veryconvenient and are entirely sanitary and cleanly, the whole interior being well covered with glass, and the several plates bein insulated from one another as thorough y as can be done.

My invention may be applied not only to refrigerators, but to other glass boxes or cases, such for example as glass boxes for storage batteries, in which the partitions for holding and spacing the grids may be formed in accordance with my invention.

In the drawings 1 show the invention applied to'the construction of a glass-lined refrigerator, and will describe the invention with reference thereto.

In the dra, 2 represents the frame of or cases of it has been necessary with a lining of be set close y x l 1 l storage batteries may a refrigerator having a with lain plates the corners will be curvedor fil eted and Specification of Letters ?atent. I June 17, 1905, Serial No. 265,809. Renewed. August 15, 1907.

gral Patented. June 16, 1908.

Serial No. 388,676.

glass lining constilass plates or .s abs 3 having intearal el shelf or partition-supports 4 4 Whic may be as many in number as required. Some of the plates have projecting margins 5 .referably curved on the inner surface, so t at when they are fitted together tuted by will make a tight joint in which dirt will not lodge, and which can be reached readily by ordinary cleaning implements or cloths. The plates which are provided with these projecting margins are preferably the same plates on which the supports 4, 4 are formed, and they are interfitted With plain plates 3 as shown. The shelf-supports ll preferably extend to and are made integral with at projections, since in this way the strongest ossible construction is secured.

in Fig. 3 I show a modified construction in which the marginal projections 5 fit over the plain lates 3 instead of fitting under them as sioWn in Fig. 2. Glass cases for holding the liquid and battery elements of be made in like manner, the projections in that case being vertical and being adapted-to constitute means for holding and spacing the grids apart from. each other. The projections on the glass plate or slab are preferably formed by rolling a mass of glass into a sheet, and then bringing upon the same a' die which by forcible ressure-molds the pro'ections thereon.

The form of the pro ections may be modifled, since What I claim is A glass box or case them being formed with interior marginal projecting portions adapted to make a tight joint and with integral projections for partitions or shelves connecting with at least one of the marginal projections. a

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK n o. winswonrn.

Witnesses 2 THOMAS W. BAKEWELL. H. M. Conwm.

least one of the marginal having plates, some of 

